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Independent Filmmaking Across Borders in Contemporary Asia

Ran Ma

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 278 pp.

"Independent Filmmaking across Borders in Contemporary Asia examines an array of auteur-driven fiction and documentary independent film projects that have emerged since the turn of the millennium from East and Southeast Asia, a strand of transnational filmmaking that converges with Asia's vibrant ye ... more

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Neue Filme 20/21 und Gesamtkatalog DVD

Stuttgart: Evangelisches Zentrum für entwicklungsbezogene Filmarbeit (EZEF) (2020), 112 pp.

"Lange Zeit gab es wenig Kritik an dem, was die großen Digitalkonzerne mit den Daten ihrer Kunden machten. Doch die Diskussion um »Manipulations-Kapitalismus « und »Datenökonomie«, um zwei Begriffe zu nennen, die in der Diskussion über Vor- und Nachteile sozialer Medien oft zu hören sind, ni ... mmt zunehmend Fahrt auf – nicht zuletzt im Blick auf politische Wahlkämpfe. Vielfältige Einblicke in diesen Problemkomplex ermöglicht die Themen-DVD Afrika_Digital.2 – Start-ups und Künstler-Träume. Sie greift darüber hinaus Fragen der Menschenrechte im Verlauf der Produktions- und Gebrauchszyklen von Mobiltelefonen auf – und ist damit auch als Fortsetzung der Kompilations-DVD Digital – mobil – und Fair? zu verstehen. Und nicht zuletzt gilt es hier auch, den anderen, weitgehend positiv grundierten Blick auf Afrika hervorzuheben. Dies betrifft sowohl die hierzulande wenig bekannte Start-up-Szene, als auch die beiden ästhetisch innovativen Kurzfilme Algo-Rhythm und Zombies, die Bestandteil dieser DVD sind und bereits mehrfach mit Preisen ausgezeichnet wurden. In der dokumentarischen Kurzfilmreihe 10 von 199 kleinen Helden nehmen uns vier Mädchen und sechs Jungen mit auf ihren Weg zur Schule. Die Kinder sind mit dem Boot, zu Fuß oder über schwankende Hängebrücken unterwegs, während sie uns an ihren Gedanken über ihren Platz in der Welt teilhaben lassen. Der dreiteilige Dokumentarfilm The Food Challenge – Wie die Ernährung sichern beschreibt, analysiert und problematisiert die Geschäftspraktiken der großen Internationalen Chemiekonzerne in Kenia, die dort weiterhin Agrarpestizide vermarkten, die wegen ihrer Schädlichkeit in Europa und den USA oft schon lange verboten sind. Gleich drei Filme thematisieren unterschiedliche Facetten des Themas Migration. Der niederländische Jugendfilm Rafaël erzählt eine dramatische Liebesgeschichte vor dem Hintergrund des Arabischen Frühlings und der Bootsflüchtlinge auf der Mittelmeerroute. Auf das organisierte Durcheinander europäischer Migrationspolitik blicken wir dabei aus der Perspektive einer jungen Europäerin, die selbst existentiell davon betroffen ist. Der Dokumentarfilm Die neuen Kinder von Golzow begleitet im Mikrokosmos dieser kleinen, legendär gewordenen Ortschaft die Aufnahme einer syrischen Flüchtlingsfamilie und ihre Bemühungen, sich zu integrieren. Yves’ Versprechen erzählt die mehrjährige Migrationsgeschichte eines jungen Kameruners, deren Vielschichtigkeit gerade auch deshalb spannend ist, weil sie die Perspektive der zuhause gebliebenen Familie und Freunde klug mit einzubinden weiß." (Editorial, Seite 1) more

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Praxisleitfaden Schulkino: Methoden, Tipps und Informationen für Kinobetreiberinnen und Schulkinomacherinnen

Marcel Danner

Berlin: Vision Kino (2020), 30 pp.

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Realist Cinema as World Cinema: Non-Cinema, Intermedial Passages, Total Cinema

Lúcia Nagib

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 301 pp.

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Food, Frustrations, and Family Dynamics: Assessing the Use of Film to Promote Joint Household Decision-Making

TOMAK (2020), 18 pp.

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"When the Battle's Lost and Won:" Narratives of Peace in the Afghan Film 'A War'

Axel Heck

Peace & Change, volume 45, issue 1 (2020), pp. 101-125

"This article examines the ways in which cinematic film underscores the latency of structural violence in its visualization of peace, specifically through the juxtaposition of the life world of the two main protagonists in the Danish film A War (2016): Captain Claus Pedersen who serves as a Danish s ... more

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Intermediality in the Visualization of Peace: Contradicting Narratives About Peace and Violence in Timor-Leste

Eva Ottendörfer

Peace & Change, volume 45, issue 1 (2020), pp. 78-100

"The documentary dalan ba dame was produced by the East Timorese Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (Comissao de Acolhimento, Verdade e Reconciliaao de Timor-Leste, CAVR) and covers the twenty-four years of Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste, during which nearly one quarter of the ... more

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Los estudios sobre cine en Latinoamérica (2000-2017)

Lauro Zavala, Johnnier Aristizábal Santa

Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana (2020), 333 pp.

"El objetivo de este libro colectivo es ofrecer una perspectiva panorámica acerca de la investigación profesional sobre los estudios cinematográficos que se está produciendo en siete países de América Latina: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Chile, México y Perú. En cada uno de los cap� ... more

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Media, Indigeneity and Nation in South Asia

Markus Schleiter, Erik de Maaker (eds.)

London; New York: Routledge (2020), xiv, 281 pp.

"How do videos, movies and documentaries dedicated to indigenous communities transform the media landscape of South Asia? Based on extensive original research, this book examines how in South Asia popular music videos, activist political clips, movies and documentaries about, by and for indigenous c ... more

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Una historia comparada del cine latinoamericano

Paul A. Schroeder Rodríguez

Madrid; Frankfurt am Main: Iberoamericana;Vervuert (2020), 481 pp.

"Este libro traza una historia comparada de los cines nacionales de América Latina en diez capítulos que cubren los principales periodos cinematográficos de la región, entre ellos el cine mudo, el cine de estudios, el neorrealismo, el cine de autor, el Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano y el cine contem ... more

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Oxford Dictionary of Film Studies

Annette Kuhn, Guy Westwell

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. (2020), ix, 597 pp.

"This dictionary covers all aspects of its discipline as it is currently taught at undergraduate level. Offering exhaustive and authoritative coverage, this A-Z is written by experts in the field and covers terms, concepts, debates, and movements in film theory and criticism; national, international ... more

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Indian Film Stars: New Critical Perspectives

Michael Lawrence (ed.)

London: Bloomsbury;British Film Institute (bfi);BFI Publishing (2020), xvi, 243 pp.

"Indian Film Stars offers original insights and important reappraisals of film stardom in India from the early talkie era of the 1930s to the contemporary period of global blockbusters. The collection represents a substantial intervention to our understanding of the development of film star cultures ... more

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Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema: Poetics of Space, Sound, and Stability

Gerald Sim

Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press (2020), 224 pp.

"Postcolonial Hangups in Southeast Asian Cinema explores a geopolitically situated set of cultures negotiating unique relationships to colonial history. These particular Singaporean, Malaysian, and Indonesian identities are discussed through a variety of commercial films, art cinema, and experimenta ... more

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Cinemas of the Mozambican Revolution: Anti-Colonialism, Independence and Internationalism in Filmmaking, 1968-1991

Ros Gray

Suffolk: Boydell & Brewer (2020), xvi, 292 pp.

"In one of the first cultural acts to follow independence in 1975, Frelimo's new socialist government of Mozambique set up a National Institute of Cinema (the INC). In a country where many people had little previous experience of cinema, the INC was tasked to "deliver to the people an image of the p ... more

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Contemporary Women Filmmakers in Myanmar: Reflections on a Visit in February 2019

Valentina Vitali

Bioscope, volume 11, issue 1 (2020), pp. 78-91

"Existing accounts of Myanmar’s film industry available to English speakers are more than twenty years out of date. Opening with a brief overview of cinema in Myanmar since 2000, this article is based on a recent visit to the Myanmar Motion Picture Development Department and the Yangon Film School ... more

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Cultural and Creative Industries Supporting Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mapping and Analysis

Pedro Affonso Ivo Franco, Kimani Njogu

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2020), 104 pp.

"Over the last 20 years, the power of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as enablers and drivers of sustainable development has been broadly recognised. They are viewed as critical to social cohesion, social and economic transformation, and political stability. For this reason, it is important ... more

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Global Media and Cultural Policy: The European Union and Audiovisual Industries in the Global South

Benjamin A. J. Pearson

Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan, Doctoral Thesis (2019), viii, 193 pp.

"This dissertation explores audiovisual assistance programs through an examination of the largest such program: the EU’s ACPCultures+, which since 2008 has awarded over 50 million Euros to nearly 60 audiovisual training programs, distribution initiatives, and production projects in sub-Saharan Afr ... more

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African Cinema and Human Rights

Mette Hjort, Eva Jørholt (eds.)

Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2019), x, 314 pp.

"Bringing theory and practice together, 'African Cinema and Human Rights' argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to this volume identify three key ways in which film can achieve these goals: documenting human rights ... more

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El vídeo indígena en la comunidad Embera Chamí: Nuevas estéticas y sistemas de circulación

Camilo Cruz Sandoval

Luciérnaga, volume 11, issue 22 (2019), pp. 95-111

"El texto es un análisis visual sobre varios videos de dos grupos de música del resguardo Emberá Chamí del municipio de Pueblo Rico Risaralda, Bidika y Ibanafarag, estos grupos cuentan con características especiales en su concepción que logran permear en sus canciones, en la construcción est� ... more

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African Film Studies: An Introduction

Boukary Sawadogo

London; New York: Routledge (2019), xi, 142 pp.

"The book provides a succinct and comprehensive study of the history, aesthetics, and theory of sub-Saharan African cinematic productions that is grounded in the field of film studies instead of textual interpretations from other disciplines. Bringing African cinema out of the margins into the disci ... more